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The  Campus  of  Cornell  University,  Ithaca,  N.  Y.,is  situated  upon  a 
hillside  overlooking  Cayuga  Lake  toward  the  northwest,  and  the  city  of  Ithaca 
and  the  broad  Inlet  valley  toward  the  southwest.  The  elevation  is  800  feet  above 
sea  level,  or  425  feet  above  the  lake.  Bounding  the  campus  on  the  north  and  the 
south  are  deep  gorges  cut  in  the  shale  rock,  over  which  the  water  tumbles  in  a 
series  of  cascades  and  falls.  The  quiet  beauty  of  the  surroundings  and  the  many 
picturesque  scenes  in  the  neighborhood  make  the  Cornell  campus  one  of  the  most 
attractive  in  the  country. 


GENERAL,  VIEW  OF  NORTHERN  END  OF  CAMPUS. 


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Among  the  buildings  at  Cornell  the  one  most  used  is  the  Library,  built  in  1889 
from  a fund  presented  to  the  University  by  Henry  W.  Sage,  who  also  endowed  it 
with  a fund  which  yields  an  annual  income  of  about  $15,000.  The  building,  which 
is  fire  proof,  is  170  feet  by  153  feet  and  has  a storage  capacity  for  475,000  volumes. 
It  already  contains  over  211,000  volumes.  Aside  from  the  library  stacks,  the 
building  contains  a large  lecture  room,  several  seminary  rooms,  a periodical  room 
and  a large,  well  lighted  reading  room,  in  which  are  placed  the  books  most  fre- 
quently needed  by  students,  who  are  permitted  to  make  free  use  of  them  as  well 
as  to  draw  from  the  stacks. 


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It  was  through  the  efforts  of  Henry  W.  Sage  that  Cornell  opened  its  doors  to 
women  upon  the  same  conditions  as  to  men.  Mr.  Sage  furnished  the  money  for 
the  construction  of  a dormitory  for  women,  which  is  now  called  Sage  College. 
This  building,  including  the  dining  hall,  is  open  during  the  Summer  Session  to 
women  and  to  men  accompanied  by  their  wives.  While  much  attention  has  been 
devoted  to  landscape  gardening  upon  the  Campus,  especial  effort  has  been  made 
to  render  the  surroundings  of  Sage  College  attractive. 


SAGE  COLLEGE. 


At  the  southern  end  of  Cayuga  lake  is  a low,  level  delta-plain  faced  upon  the 
lakeward  side  by  a sandy  beach.  A part  of  this  land  has  been  improved  and  trans- 
formed to  a pleasure  ground  called  Renwick  Park,  to  which  the  people  of  Ithaca 
resort  in  large  numbers  in  the  summer,  for  there  is  direct  electric  car  connection 
from  the  campus  to  the  city  and  from  there  to  the  park.  Connected  with  this  is  a 
large  boat  house  where  row  boats  and  sail  boats  are  rented  ; and  from  the  Ren- 
wick pier  all  of  the  lake  steamboats  start.  These  steamboats  make  frequent  trips 
to  the  summer  cottages  along  the  lake  shore,  so  that  at  almost  any  time  of  the  day 
or  evening  one  is  able  to  take  a sail  upon  the  lake. 


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Cayuga  Lake  is  one  of  a series  in  Central  New  York  known  as  the  Finger 
Lakes.  Each  is  long  and  narrow — finger-like  in  fact — and  lies  deeply  set  among 
the  hills,  which  are  covered  with  farms  and  vineyards.  The  two  largest  of  these 
lakes  are  Seneca  and  Cayuga,  the  latter  being  about  35  miles  long,  from  one  to 
three  miles  wide,  and  in  the  deepest  point  435  feet  deep.  Because  of  the  depth  the 
waters  are  always  cool  even  on  the  warmest  summer  day.  Aside  from  the  steam- 
boats which  run  from  Ren  wick  Park  to  the  cottages  along  the  shore  there  is  a 
large  steamer  which  makes  daily  trips  the  entire  length  of  the  lake,  stopping  at  the 
more  prominent  points.  During  the  summer  there  are  frequent  evening  excursions 
to  various  points  on  the  lake  shore. 


SCENE  ON  CAYUGA  LAKE  DURING  A BOAT  RACE. 


Within  a few  miles  of  Ithaca  the  shores  of  Lake  Cayuga  are  lined  with  sum- 
mer cottages  ; and  at  several  places  there  are  large  summer  hotels,  as  at  Taughan- 
nock  and  Sheldrake.  The  hotel  nearest  to  Ithaca  is  at  Glenwood,  three  miles 
from  Ren  wick  Pier,  and  reached  from  there  by  the  small  lake  steamboats.  It  is 
also  connected  with  the  city  by  a carriage  and  bicycle  road.  The  hotel  is  but  a 
few  yards  from  the  shore  in  a grove  upon  a gravel  delta  which  projects  into  the 
lake.  Many  Ithaca  business  men  spend  their  summers  on  this  part  of  the  shore 
going  to  and  from  their  business  on  the  electric  cars  and  steamboats. 


GIvENWOOD. 


There  are  scores  of  tributaries  to  Cayuga  lake  at  the  southern  end  of  the  val- 
le}',  every  one  of  which  passes  through  a gorge  in  which  are  innumerable  rapids, 
cascades  and  waterfalls.  Within  a few  miles  of  the  University  Campus  there  are 
many  scores  of  these,  most  of  them  easy  of  access,  others  requiring  skill  and 
persistence  to  reach.  The  gorges  and  the  waterfalls  constitute  one  of  the  princi- 
pal attractions  to  the  lover  of  nature  and  the  beautiful.  Both  the  north  and  south 
boundary  lines  of  the  campus  are  gorges,  in  which  there  are  numerous  falls,  the 
largest,  though  by  no  means  the  most  beautiful,  being  the  Ithaca  Falls  in  Fall 
Creek  which  forms  the  northern  boundary  of  the  campus. 


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One  of  the  most  interesting  of  the  New  York  gorges  is  the  Enfield  glen,  which 
is  easily  reached  in  an  afternoon  drive.  This  glen  is  a succession  of  gorges  con- 
nected by  rapids  and  falls,  the  highest  one,  which  is  shown  in  this  picture,  being 
210  feet  from  base  to  crest.  As  the  water  falls  from  one  rock  layer  to  the  next 
it  becomes  separated  into  threads  of  irregular  form,  which  spread  in  a beautiful 
veil-like  sheet  over  the  rock  floor.  The  Enfield  glen  is  easy  of  access  by  means  of 
a path  kept  in  repair  by  the  owner  of  the  entrance.  In  picturesque  beauty  and 
grandeur  this  glen  rivals  the  more  famous  Watkins  glen  of  the  Seneca  lake  valley. 


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Taughannock  Falls,  the  highest  single  fall  in  the  State  of  New  York,  is 
215  feet  from  base  to  crest,  from  which  the  water  falls  in  an  almost  unbroken  col- 
umn. This  fall  is  about  nine  miles  distant  from  Ithaca  and  may  be  reached  either 
by  train  or  by  one  of  the  lake  boats.  There  is  a summer  hotel  on  the  banks  of 
Taughannock  gorge  near  the  crest  of  the  falls. 


